0000920522-15-000062.txt : 20151211 0000920522-15-000062.hdr.sgml : 20151211 20151211162731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000920522-15-000062 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151209 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151211 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000920522 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 770369576 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 925 EAST MEADOW DR CITY: PALO ALTO STATE: CA ZIP: 94303 BUSINESS PHONE: 6506557800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1100 PARK PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: SAN MATEO STATE: CA ZIP: 94403 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Burkart John F. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492460 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13106 FILM NUMBER: 151283576 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC. STREET 2: 925 EAST MEADOW DRIVE CITY: PALO ALTO STATE: CA ZIP: 94303 4 1 wf-form4_144986924096718.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2015-12-09 0 0000920522 ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC ESS 0001492460 Burkart John F. 1100 PARK PLACE SUITE 200 SAN MATEO CA 94403 0 1 0 0 Sr. Executive Vice President LTIP Units 2015-12-09 4 A 0 1663 0 A Common Stock 1663.0 4788 D LTIP Units 2015-12-09 4 A 0 831.50 0 A Common Stock 831.5 2394 D Represents LTIP Units in Essex Portfolio, L.P. Conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes and vesting as described in footnote 3 below, each LTIP Unit may be converted, at the election of the holder, into a unit of limited partnership interest in Essex Portfolio, L.P. (a "Common Unit"). Each Common Unit acquired upon conversion of an LTIP Unit may be converted into one share of Common Stock of the Issuer. LTIP Units are generally not convertible without the consent of the Issuer until two years from the date of the grant. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Common Units and to convert Common Units into shares of Common Stock do not have expiration dates. Represents LTIP Units granted on December 9, 2014 that were earned on December 9, 2015 based on the achievement of certain performance criteria based on the Issuers relative total return to shareholders measured against industry-specific indices through December 9, 2015. These LTIP Units are scheduled to vest 20% on each of the first five anniversaries of December 9, 2014, subject to continued employment through such dates. Represents LTIP Units granted on December 9, 2014 that were earned on December 9, 2015 based on the achievement of certain performance criteria based on the Issuers relative total return to shareholders measured against industry-specific indices through December 9, 2015. Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney s/ John Farias, Attorney in Fact 2015-12-11 EX-24 2 ex-24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Angela L. Kleiman and John Farias, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of September 15, 2015.


/s/ John F. Burkart
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John F. Burkart
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Pursuant to a power of attorney, which I previously signed, I appointed each of Michael Dance and Michael Schall to act as my attorney-in-fact to file on my behalf Forms 3, 4 and 5 and to handle matters related to such filings. I hereby revoke the power of attorney that I granted to Michael Dance. I acknowledge that the power of attorney granted to Michael Schall shall continue.


/s/ John F. Burkart
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September 15, 2015
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John F. Burkart
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